{"id":76851,"date":"2019-02-27T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T23:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=76851"},"modified":"2019-02-27T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T23:11:53","slug":"chicagoans-rejoice-at-lgbtq-mayoral-candidate-lori-lightfoots-historic-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicagoans-rejoice-at-lgbtq-mayoral-candidate-lori-lightfoots-historic-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicagoans rejoice at LGBTQ mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot&#8217;s historic victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ariana Puzzo<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Cheers erupted as supporters embraced each other on election night whenever the statistics showed mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot in the lead as the top voter-getter in a field of 14 candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The former federal prosecutor made history when she, along with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, became the candidates for the April 2 runoff. The election will produce Chicago\u2019s first black female mayor.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Lori Lightfoot Watch Party\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/320368566?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Lori Lightfoot thanks her supporters on election night for their dedication as they cheer at her victory party at EvolveHer on Ontario Street.<\/div>\n<p>Lightfoot received over 7,000 more votes than Preckwinkle, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/ct-met-viz-chicago-mayor-election-results-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Tribune reported<\/a>. She also made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to qualify for a run-off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an LGBTQ+ person,\u201d said Lightfoot, resulting in loud cheers, \u201cI thought about running for mayor when no other LGBTQ+ person had ever made the ballot for mayor of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These milestones, Lightfoot said, are what change in Chicago looks like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot makes history as Chicago prepares to elect its first black female mayor on April 2. (Ariana Puzzo\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Puzzo Medill Reports Cheers erupted as supporters embraced each other on election night whenever the statistics showed mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot in the lead as the top voter-getter in a field of 14 candidates. The former federal prosecutor made history when she, along with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, became the candidates for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":533,"featured_media":76854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,2951,30,675,4559],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-76851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest","category-politicsnational-security","category-public-affairs","category-social-justice","category-winter-2019","tag-promo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicagoans rejoice at LGBTQ mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot&#039;s historic victory - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicagoans-rejoice-at-lgbtq-mayoral-candidate-lori-lightfoots-historic-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicagoans rejoice at LGBTQ mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot&#039;s historic victory - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ariana Puzzo Medill Reports Cheers erupted as supporters embraced each other on election night whenever the statistics showed mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot in the lead as the top voter-getter in a field of 14 candidates. 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